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Ok so I force carbonated in the keg and then drove it 200 miles and the head is huge.

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Yes I used a carbonator cap. I basically hooked them up to 20-25 psi and did the much frowned upon shake and let it sit in the keezer for a while. Maybe I shook it another time or two. I've read that you can "use up" some of the stuff that causes the head by shaking during force carbonation. The...

So after brewing two batches from kits I wanted to try to create something on my own. I kept it simple, just LME (amber and golden) and a health selection of hops. I worked it all up in brewing software to get the IBUs about where I wanted them and the desired ABV. The beer came out quite...

Got the new hydrometer the other day and it reads 1.000 on tap water after temp correction. Tested the imperial stout that was last measured at 1.020 with the old hydrometer and got 1.025. This pretty much confirms that the old one was always reading 5 points too low. The reading for the first 2...

I believe at some point, the pressure would force the CO2 into liquid form, but where in the line it begins to condense would probably be random unless you kept the cylinder being filled at a lower temp that the rest of the setup. As long as all of the lines and tanks are rated for the high...

Sorry if this has already been brought up and shot down, but I didn't see this idea when searching HBT. What if you were to let the yeast ferment in a high pressure container and have that hooked up to an empty CO2 tank. As the pressure builds where the yeast are, it would also build in the...

Good point. I realize that what I lose to the brew pot also loses me sugars. Assuming no losses of any kind I'd have added 11 lb of LME to 5.5 gal of water. Boiling losses would further concentrate the wort, and there are some volume losses because of what is left in the brew pot. I took the...

The problem I had was having too low of an OG, though. I didn't use a kit this time. I did some research on what hops were suggested to make a Smuttynose IPA clone. A standard yeast was recommended and I played with the extract to get the color and ABV that I wanted. I plan to keg it for a...

Thanks for the responses. I added the 5.5 gal from 1 gal jugs. I counted five and estimated the 1/2. There is certainly a slight error here.unfortunately it's in the wrong direction. The half gallon that I eye balled was 2.7 cups under so my starting volume was 5.33 gal. It says on Northern...

I am on my third batch. So far its only gotten as complicated as extract with specialty grains. The beer is just brewed is an IPA. For fermentables, I used 6 lb amber LME and 5 lb golden LME from Northern Brewer. These are said to get 36 ppg. I started with 5.5 gal of water and did not need any...

I used the S-05. I just transferred this beer to secondary. FG was 1.015 after 2.5 weeks, still bubbling about once per minute. I still think it tastes a bit sweet though. Fermented at approx 72, which I know is just about the upper limit, but I have no way of getting it cooler at the moment. I...